Elliot Kolodny is the Managing Partner of Cohen Kolodny Abuse Analytics.   Elliot has a 30 plus year career of representing catastrophically injured individuals throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Elliot is frequent invited speaker on a variety of litigation topics.

CKAA's Pennsylvania and New Jersey Practices - Contact me at: EKolodny@AbuseAnalytics.com

ADMITTED:

PA, NJ, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA

Experienced plaintiffs’ personal injury attorney with demonstrated expertise in nursing home, medical malpractice, auto, premises liability, products liability, pharmaceutical, complex commercial litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, securities, environmental, employment, municipal, and consumer fraud claims. Has tried numerous cases throughout Pennsylvania, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, as well as Federal Courts in PA and NJ. Has handled appeals in Superior and Commonwealth Courts of PA and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

EDUCATION

J.D., SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Syracuse, NY 1988 

President, Class of 1988

A.B. in Economics, COLBY COLLEGE, Waterville, ME 1985 

President, Class of 1985

NOTABLE CASES AS LEAD COUNSEL 

$3,440,000 For man rendered permanently impotent by drug overdose against physician and national pharmacy chain, Philadelphia, PA

$3,000,000 For family of child who bled to death after tonsillectomy, Philadelphia, PA.

$3,000,000 For child with birth trauma causing cerebral palsy, USDC Eastern District, Pa

$2,000,000 For estate of woman who died after aortic valve replacement surgery, Philadelphia, PA

$1,600,000 Settlement from Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA, which served alcohol to minor who subsequently drove drunk and killed client, Bucks County, PA

$1,200,000 For woman with a severely fractured ankle caused by automobile accident, Bucks County, PA 

$1,150,000 For man blinded in one eye by errant golf ball, Lehigh County, PA

$1,000,000 For woman with brachial plexus injury caused by automobile accident, Bucks County, PA

$ 975,000 For hospitalized woman suffocated by improper restraints, Montgomery County, PA

TEACHING POSTS 

Adjunct Professor,  Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ

“Pretrial Advocacy,” 

Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

“Worlds in Collision: A Culture of Safety Meets ‘Bad Apple’ Torts,” 

Course Planner,  Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg, PA 

Developed CLE courses for PA attorneys, 

Instructor, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg, PA 

“Practical Pretrial Practice,” “Fundamentals of PA Civil Practice and Procedure,”   

Lecturer, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Addressed Saunder’s House Ethics Committee

Speaker, Senior Citizens’ Groups, Throughout the Delaware Valley

Invited to address numerous senior citizens groups, 2008-present

Instructor, People’s Law School, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Lecturer, Central Bucks West High School, Doylestown, PA

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Campaign Manager, Hon. Mitchell Goldberg, Doylestown, PA 

Election for Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, 2003 (Now serving on the EDPA bench)

Campaign Manager, Hon. Robert J. Mellon, Doylestown, PA

Election for Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, 2001

Board of Directors, Youth Orchestra of Bucks County 2015-present

Board Chairman, Special Equestrians’ Therapeutic Riding Program, Warrington, PA 

2002-2014 

Germantown Academy, Parents Committee

Executive Committee Member, Old York Road Temple Beth-Am, Abington, PA 

Financial Secretary, Co-Chair Adult Education, 2009-2012

Member, Guardians of the National Cemetery Business Advisory Counsel, Newtown, PA

2010-present

Board Member, Network of Victim Assistance, Bucks County, PA

Member, Executive Committee, 2005-2008

Board Member, The Meadowbrook School, Meadowbrook, PA

2005-2007

Member, Warrington Township Planning Commission: Warrington, PA

Chairman, Warrington Township Vacancy Board: Warrington, PA

REPORTED CASES

Smith v. Berg, 247 F.3d 532 (3rd Cir. 2001)

Thomas v. Ford, 111 F. Supp. 529 (D.N.J. 2000)

Thomas v. Ford, 70 F. Supp. 521 (D.N.J. 1999)

Resolution Trust Corp. v. W.W. Development & Management, Inc., 73 F. 3d 1298 (3rd Cir. 1996)

City of Philadelphia v. Lead Industries Ass’n Inc., 994 F.2d 112 (3rd Cir. 1993)

Blau v. Rappaport, 861 F. Supp. 338 (E.D. Pa 1994)

Millers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Euler, 39 Pa D. & C. 4th 44 (Montgomery Co. 1997) 

Piccioli v. Goetzberger, 35 Pa. D. & C. 4th 315 (Bucks Co. 1996)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Named “PA Super Lawyer,” 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018

American, Pennsylvania and Bucks County Bar Associations 

American Association of Justice

Member, Nursing Home Section

Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers’ Association

Member, Medical Malpractice Section

Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

TELEVISION APPEARANCES 

Served as lead plaintiff’s counsel in nationally reported case of Thomas v. Ford, a complex products liability action arising from death of pregnant woman caused by airbag during low speed collision (1999-2001). Appeared as counsel on the following programs:

Dateline NBC, New York, NY

Good Morning America, ABC, New York, NY

KYW, CBS, Channel 3, Philadelphia, PA

WPVI, ABC, Channel 6, Philadelphia, PA

WCAU, NBC, Channel 10, Philadelphia, PA

WTXF, Fox, Channel 29, Philadelphia, PA